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Synchrotron; X-ray; fluorescence; breast; bone.

Synchrotron X-ray imaging systems with fluorescence techniques was developed for biomedical researches in Brazilian Synchrotron Laboratory. An X-ray fluorescence microtomography system was implemented to analyse human prostate and breast samples and an X-ray microfluorescence system was implemented to study bone sites of human and animal samples with and without bone disorders.

R T Lopes¹ I Lima^{1 2} G R Pereira¹ C A Perez³

1. Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory (LIN), COPPE, UFRJ, 21941-972 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy, Rio de Janeiro State University, Nova Friburgo, Brazil
3. Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Campinas, Brazil

Published

February 2011